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Elephant in South Korean zoo imitates human speech

Published 11/02/2012, Associated Press

An elephant in a South Korean zoo is using his trunk to pick up not only food, but also human vocabulary. The 22-year-old Asian elephant can reproduce five Korean words by tucking his trunk inside his mouth to modulate sound.

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